hockey puck

collocation in English

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hockey
noun[U]
uk
/ˈhɒk.i/us
/ˈhɑː.ki/
UK
a game played on a sports field between two teams of eleven players who each have a curved stick with which they try to put a small, hard ball into the other ...
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puck
noun[C]
uk
/pʌk/us
/pʌk/
a small, hard rubber disc that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey (= a game played ...
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(Definition ofhockeyandpuckfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Puckman is an anthropomorphichockeypuckwith an engineer's helmet.
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The puck itself was lighter, at 3 oz. and made of red plastic as opposed to a 5 oz. black rubber icehockeypuck.
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There is ahockeypuckin the lowerright end of the snow and a blue oval on the background.
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These masks are able to better withstand the impacts ofhockeypuckat higher speeds and are used at all levels of organized ice hockey.
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The stamps were packaged in a hard plastic case, with ahockeypuckand corresponding medallions.
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He played five games and scored six goals, but was injured when he was hit on the head by ahockeypuck.
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The cavity's dimensions are a function of the wavelength, most are flat cylinders the shape of ahockeypuckof varying sizes.
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The bat on the playing field bounces ahockeypuckbetween the player and the opponent.
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It is related to the controversialhockeypuckin name only.
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With the criss-crossing backs and fake handoffs, one reporter noted that the football sometimes is as hard to find as ahockeypuck.
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Other equipment involved corresponds directly to basic ice hockey equipment such as a hockey stick, skates, and ahockeypuck.
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He created a style ofhockeypuckstill used today, and advocated an improved style of goal nets, a change that lasted forty years.
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It's like sitting on the table and you're thehockeypuck, she said.
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A slidinghockeypuckcomes to rest because friction converts its kinetic energy into heat.
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The roof also doubles as a scoreboard that displays the live score of the game being played inside and an animation of ahockeypuckwhenever a goal is scored.
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It is round with a flat top and bottom, about three inches in diameter and a little more than an inch high, similar in shape to ahockeypuck.
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It became known as thehockeypuck.
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For example, spectators to certain sports are assumed to accept a risk of injury, such as ahockeypuckor baseball striking a member of the audience.
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Helicopters and air hockey pucks are two good examples of objects that are aerodynamically levitated.
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